Ninth Issue, 12th October 1998

Poems by

1. Kurt Nimmo / BUGABOO
2. Elizabeth Gingell / NO NAME, SEASCAPE
3. Stephen Oliver / BALLAD OF MISS GOODBAR
4. Martha Morseth / LOW LEVEL VIOLENCE, WATCHERS
5. Jules Le Koch / CIRCULAR QUAY, VISIT
6. John Allison / JUST PICTURE IT, THE FAMILIAR
7. Adrian Manning / EXISTERIA
8. Tim Jones / IF LOOKS COULD KILL, WRITERS AND READERS
9. Marion Jones / THREE HAIKU
10. Ahila Sambamoorthy / RAIN, NIGHTFALL
11. Carmen Butcher / THE TREE (for TSB)
12. Rob Allan / LANSKY BROTHERS, MEMPHIS, SAM PHILLIPS OF SUN RECORDS, THE BLACK MUSIC OF THE SOUTH
13. Christopher Harris / PROPERTY VALUES, PREGNANT PAUSE
14. Joselyn Morton / THE CULTURAL TRACK, THE OWL IN THE TREE
15. Gregory Dally / PATTERNED RAMBLE
16. Robert Johnston / ROOKS, VAN GOGH
17. Neroli Cottam / IN THE WIDE WILDERNESS

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Feature! Helen Jamieson on the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Notes on Contributors

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About the Authors

JOHN ALLISON: The featured poet in Poetry NZ #14. A collection of recent poems, Both Roads Taken recently published. John is a teacher in Lyttleton, NZ. His poems have appeared in NZ, Australia, the UK and USA. STEPHEN OLIVER'S work is widely represented in New Zealand, USA, UK Ireland, Canada, South Africa, Australia etc. He lives in Sydney. Poems recently in Landfall, Poetry NZ and Takahe. SYLVIA PETTER: Sylvia Petter is Australian and has had stories published in the USA Thema, Echoes, Beginnings, France Europress anthology "Moments in Time", Switzerland Ex Tempore, Geneva Post, anthology "Offshoots IV - Writing in Geneva", Japan Yomimono, Australia Gangway and the UK Pyramid Press anthology "Woman to Woman", July and October 1995 issues of The European. She has just completed her first novel, is working on a short story collection and researching her next novel. Sylvia lives in France with her husband and daughter. MARTHA MORSETH: Has published in many magazines in NZ.1996, second in the NZ Poetry Society's International Competition and highly commended in 1997. Martha lives in Dunedin, New Zealand. ABBAS ZAIDI: Abbas Zaidi was editor of The Ravi (1985), Pakistan's premier and oldest academic magazine, published by Government College, Lahore. He also edited Interface (1990-1991) for the Programme in Literary Linguistics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He has taught English Literature in Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, and worked as assistant magazine editor for The Nation, Lahore. ADRIAN MANNING: Lives in the UK. He has had many poems and other writing published, widely. TIM JONES: was born in England and grew up in southern New Zealand. He now lives in Wellington. He has published poetry in Takahe, JAAM, and several anthologies. The island of South Georgia has his kind of lifestyle. JOHN GARDINER: lives in Canada. His stories are appearing widely in New Zealand, USA, Canada and the UK, including The Richmond Review. He has also broadcast on Canadian radio. ALEX KEEGAN is the pseudonym of Ron Jones, born Newport, Gwent 1947. Alex writes mystery thrillers but his real love literate fiction. Many stories published and a number of prizes. Edited editions of E-Scene and World Wide Writers. DAVID STARKEY is an assistant professor of English at North Central College, Chicago. He has published several small collections of poetry with small presses; the most recent being Open Mike Night at the Cabinet Voltaire. Also edits Teaching Writing Creatively and co-editor of Smokestacks and Skyscrapers and others. His ficetyion appears in a number of magazines. NEROLI COTTAM: Lives in Cromwell, Otago, New Zealand. Organised a writers' group in Cromwell in 1997, and published an anthology of their work. ROBERT JOHNSTON: lives in Dunedin, New Zealand, where he teaches, writes and studies. GREG DALLY: Lives and writes in Papamoa, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. NICK CARDING is an Englishman who now lives and works in The Netherlands. His poetry, short fiction and travel writing has been published in Britain and the USA. CHRISTOPHER HARRIS has been published in a number of magazines in New Zealand, Australia, the UK and USA. Most recently in the next issue of Orbis, the current Landfall and Listener (NZ). Also Cencrastus and Swanee Review. He lives in Auckland, New Zealand. CHRISTOPHER WOODS lives in Texas, USA. Has a novel published; The Dream Patch. His plays have been produced in Houston, Memphis, Chicago, Minneapolis, Los Angeles and NYC.Other work has appeared in Columbia, The Southern Review, New England Review and Short Story International. KURT NIMMO is an American writer, soon to relocate to Chicago. Has been publishing since the late 1960's in America, Canada, Britain and Italy. Nominated for four Pushcart prizes for fiction and has two of his short story collections and one novella designated early in the 90's as 'Small Press Classics'. ELIZABETH GINGELL is a Golden Bay writer (New Zealand) and member of 'Live Poets. Poetry published in New Zealand and the USA. JULES LE KOCH was born in Sydney in 1958 and raised in Adelaide. He is presently a part time School Service Officer at Ashfield Special School and a parent. He has lived and worked as agardener, house parent, farmhand and in childcare and also lived and worked on the North Island of New Zealand. Founding member of the Kensington / Norwood writing group in 1986 and along time member of the SA Writers Centre. he has been published in Redoubt, Matoid, Southerly, Hermes and Going Down Swinging. MARION JONES lives and writes in Brighton, Otago, New Zealand. She is completing a novel, Mara. ANHILA SAMBAMOORTHY lives and writes in India. He completed his PhD at Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand. CARMEN BUTCHER grew up in Atlanta, Georgis (USA) and studied at The University of Georgia where he received a Ph.D. She was a Fulbright Scholar at niversity College, London ten years ago studing Anglo Saxon and is now a mother in Northern Califoria. She edits books and writes poetry. ROB ALLAN: Rob lives and writes in Port Chalmers, Dunedin, New Zealand. Poetry is his art, writing about the 'here and now'. Published widely. JOSELYN MORTON is originally from Dunedin and has worked as a journalist on numerous publications in London including the British Film Institute's Year Book. Then worked as acasting director for feature films and for television in New Zealand. Has been writing poetry for sanity and pleasure over the years. JUDITH WOLFE lives in Dunedin, New Zealand. She is an artist and sculptor. She has exhibited widely throughout New Zealand and some of her works have been in travelling exhibitions overseas. Recent exhibitions at the Empire Cinema, guest artist at the Wanaka Art Group Exhibition, August 1997 and exhibited in the Warbirds Over Wanaka air show exhibition, Easter, 1998, and the Cleveland Art Awards, Dunedin, October.

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